Advances in Microbial Control of Insect Pests
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: January 31, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9780306474910
Subjects: Pest control; Zoology & animal sciences; Microbial Ecology; Pest Control In Field Crops; Science; Technology & Industrial Arts; Science/Mathematics; Agriculture - Crop Science; Life Sciences - Biology - Microbiology; Life Sciences - Zoology - Entomology; Science / Microbiology; Science : Life Sciences - Biology - Microbiology; Science : Life Sciences - Zoology - Entomology; Technology / Agriculture / Crop Science; Life Sciences - Biology - General; Biological control; Insect pests; Microbial insecticides
First sentence: Bacillus thuringiensis, a Gram-positive bacterium, produces various insecticidal proteinaceous crystal inclusions during sporulation (Hofte and Whiteley, 1989).
Description: xi, 330 p. : 26 cm